Re: Seth Morabito's question on descenting. I personally don't see it as being at all necessary to descent. My two girls are not descented, though of course they are spayed. Descenting can lead to muscular trouble around the rectum, and is really unnecessary surgery. They have only occasionally sprayed, and it wasn't bad at all. Descenting will also not remove the ferret smell, as the anal glands removed are not the cause of it. There are many other scent glands on ferrets that really cannot be removed, and contribute far more to the smell than the anal glands that are used primarily for territorial marking. E.S., Hershey and Nestle' [Posted in FML issue 0450]